Michael Bracewell (writer)

Michael Bracewell (born 7 August 1958) is a British writer and novelist. He was born in London, and educated at the University of Nottingham, graduating in English and American Studies.

A comprehensive collection of Bracewell's essays can be found in The Space Between: Selected Writings on Art, edited by Doro Globus and published by Ridinghouse in 2012.

He is perhaps best known for his 1997 collection, England Is Mine: Pop Life in Albion From Wilde to Goldie.

Bibliography

• Fiction
  • Missing Margate (1988)
  • The Crypto-Amnesia Club (1988)
  • The Quick End (1988)
  • Divine Concepts of Physical Beauty (1989)
  • The Conclave (1992)
  • Saint Rachel (1995)
  • Perfect Tense (2001)
  • Unfinished Business (2023)
• Non-fiction
  • The Faber Book of Pop (contributor) (1995)
  • England Is Mine: Pop Life in Albion From Wilde to Goldie (1997)
  • The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Fashion Writing (contributor) (1999)
  • Introduction to Jeff Noon's Cobralingus (2001)
  • The Nineties: When Surface was Depth (2002)
  • I Know Where I'm Going: A Guide to Morecambe & Heysham (co-author) (2003)
  • Roxyism (2004)
  • Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Art, Ideas and Fashion (2005)
  • The Edgier Waters (contributor) (2006)
  • Re-make/Re-model: Becoming Roxy Music (2007)
  • Introduction to the Sotheby's catalogue for Damien Hirst's sale: Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, an introduction (2008)
  • The Space Between: Selected Writings on Art (2012)
  • What Is Gilbert & George? (2017)
  • Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton (2021)
  • Souvenir (2021)

External links

• Interview
• The Times on Michael Bracewell
• Michael Bracewell at British Council: Literature